This Thursday, Matt Walters (best known for his track “I Would Die For You, which features Megan Washington) will be playing the Fuse Festival in Adelaide. Ahead of his appearance, Arno Billard caught up with the Melbourne based performer. Last year was marked by the release of your 2nd EP(Talking in my sleep). What’s in…
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– Thanks for taking the time to talk to us Matt! Firstly, congrats on the Laneway spot! How has the festival tour been going? Hey Larry, thank you, the festival’s been incredible so far. This is our first touring festival, so it’s all been very exciting and over whelming so far. It’s the serious business…
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While he was in the country for Big Day Out, just before he hit the stage at the Metro Theatre in Sydney, we briefly sat in the stairwell backstage with Plan B to discuss The Defamation of Strickland Banks, touring Australia, and what’s next for the popular rapper, soul singer-songwriter, actor and director… boy, does…
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In May, Gary Numan and his band will be returning to Australia to perform The Pleasure Principle in full, in the continuing celebration of its 30th anniversary. But it’s not the first time that the legend of the electronic music world has performed a past album in full. Replicas and Telekon received similar treatment in…
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Just after they soundchecked at the UNSW Roundhouse in Sydney, we caught up with Frank Delgado (Keys, Samples) and Abe Cunningham (Drums) of legendary Californian troupe Deftones. We talk about the Big Day Out tour, their latest album, we check up on bassist Chi Cheng (who suffered serious injuries following a car accident in 2008)…
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Ahead of their appearance at Laneway Festival – which kicks off this weekend – I had the privilege – nay, the honour – of speaking with the legend that is Tim Harrington, the lead singer of New York rockers Les Savy Fav. He was sitting at home in New York and I was just waking…
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One of Vancouver’s hardest working musicians is a man by the name of Dan Mangan. He’s down in Australia at the moment touring with a swag of special guests. We caught up with the singer/songwriter while he was in town… Welcome back to Australia Dan – are you enjoying the tour so far? But of…
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We caught up with Kate Miller-Heidke at Peats Ridge Festival on New Years Eve (just before we went out to celebrate) and spoke about recent shows, tours and the release of her new album. You have certainly played Peats Ridge before. I know you were queen of Woodford one year and you’re certainly amongst the…
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While at the spectacular New Years Eve festival Peats Ridge, Larry caught up with Nic McKenzie of Sydney’s Deep Sea Arcade. They chat about the year past, the year ahead, changes for the band, writing new music, touring with The Charlatans, and plenty more… hear it all in the audio interview below!
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It’s not everyday you get to talk to a legend of the music industry, so it was quite the thrill to be given the opportunity to chat with the one and only Chuck D of Public Enemy last week. In town later this week to play a sold out gig in Melbourne, before hitting up…
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So how’s everything going? You have a pretty massive tour that’s just getting started? We actually just finished a massive tour. In a week we do about two weeks worth of shows in the North West and then we’re done. We have a trip to Australia, and that’s all we have planned. So how has…
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Ahead of their first Australian show supporting Muse at the Acer Arena in Sydney, I sat down with brothers Ben and James Johnsons, Drummer and Bassist of Scotland’s Biffy Clyro, respectively, in their Sydney hotel. The finely dressed Scotsman looked back at 2010, get a hint as what to expect on their Australian tour (which…
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While on tour in Australia with The Jezabels, we had the oppertunity to chat to Canada’s Two Hour Traffic – we find out how the tour is going, and learn a bit more about this wonderful band. You’re currently back in Australia on a National tour with The Jezabels, with only a few shows left….
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I caught up with Grant Nicholas, the lead singer of Feeder, as he was waking up in London… we chatted about the new record, the next one to come, their upcoming tour of Australia for Soundwave, Buck Rogers and plenty more. Read on! What’s the morning wake up ritual for the lead singer of Feeder?…
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Ahead of their performance at the Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange Project on November 27th in Sydney, we sat down with Laura Taylor and DJ Gorky of Bonde do Rolê – the “Funk Carioca-influenced electropop group from Curitiba, Brazil”. For you see, for one night only, we were switching nightlifes with Brazil! We chat about the show,…
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American musician and E Street Band guitarist Nils Lofgren chats to us about his latest album, working with two Rock and Roll legends and how he went from playing classical accordion to playing three minute solos in front of packed out stadiums. So you have just come off tour, how was that for you? Well…
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Currently touring the country with Grinspoon are Port Macquarie’s The Foreign Objects. While on the road, we chatted with Luke Hall about life on that road, the new EP 321, working with Phil Jamieson and plenty more… read on! Let’s start by talking about the new EP 321 … you recorded in Byron Bay with…
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One band who have made quite a few waves in 2010 is Los Angeles five-piece Local Natives. I spoke to bass guitarist and backup vocalist Andy Hamm while he was enjoying a day in West London, ahead of their show in Manchester and following a day and a half in France. Ah, the life of…
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Today marks the launch of The John Steel Singer’s (highly anticipated) record Tangalooma, which was produced by The Go-Betweens Robert Forster. Later this month we’ll be seeing the band embark on a national tour in support of the record – but a couple of weeks ago, while they were still on tour with Tame Impala,…
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Getting to chat to a legend of the industry isn’t something that comes around everyday – so when I was given the oppertunity to talk to iconic Grammy award winning Canadian musican and “uber-producer” Daniel Lanois, off the back of his recent Neil Young production, and ahead of the release of his new project Black Dub…
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How are you Wons? How’s everything going for you? Pretty well, I’ve been good, just getting everything ready. Got some photos sorted out the other week. You’ve got so much stuff going on at the moment and obviously you’ve got the new EP Tonight. Can you talk a little bit about that and how…
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Firstly, how would you describe your sound to listeners unfamiliar with Flying Scribble? Beats, keys and voice. Like an art opera being performed on a paper boat floating down a river, with all different kinds of parties happening on the banks. Please explain how you approached the recording of your debut LP We’re A Chameleon…
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While they toured our country, we shot off a few questions to New Zealand’s favourite sons- Die! Die! Die! I’m going to start with a broad question. What do you think has attracted people to your band over the years? Chaos, disorder, good times, sometimes not such good times, a shared link between the bands…
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Colin Moore is a singer-songwriter/folk rocker hailing from Canada. While over for the One Movement Festival in Perth (plus a few other shows across the country) we had a chat about his music, his song writing and Canadian music. Welcome to Australia, looking forward to the tour? Hell yah and the beach!!!! You have played…
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JP Hoe is a singer/songwriter from Winnipeg, Canada. With a great voice and so many great songs, he’s in Australia to entertain audiences across the country. While in town, Simon Clark had a chat to JP about his music, his influences, and his thoughts on the current popularity of Canadian Music. How are you looking…
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The Trews are a great rocking band hailing from Canada, over in Australia for their first ever Australian tour. They have been much touted as Canada’s seminal rock band, and judging from their live performances over the weekend this is entirely justifiable. Here, Simon Clark has a chat to them about their music, opening for…
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Fresh from recording the video for their first UK single “Meditation Song 2” we have a sit down with Cloud Control‘s bassist Jeremy Kelshaw and drummer Ulrich Lenffer for a quick chat before they perform at the One Movement Festival, Perth. How was the response to your debut album? I think it was good, straight up, very…
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Ahead of his first set at the One Movement Festival, we have a chat with Dan Sultan about his muisc, what he’s been listening to, and what he’s up to next. Here’s what he had to say. So last time I saw you, you were playing West Coast Blues and Roots, how did feel that set…
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Matthew Barber is back in Australia for only his second visit, and his first to the west coast. He sits down with The AU Review before his first showcase at the One Movement Festival to have a chat about his music, his influences and much more. Welcome to Australia! Is this your first time here? Second…
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Just in time for their first showcase at One Movement Festival, we got the chance to ask Canada’s top purveyors of death country, Elliott Brood, a few questions. Here’s what they had to say… Welcome back to Australia! How did you find your previous stay here? Any fun stories to tell? Last time it was spider season. They are huge…
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